water-horse

water-horse n meaning large bulks of fish that has [sic] been salted and when brought to shore was wahsed to rid it of salt. Usually a common sight in the days of the local banking fleet. JH 6/72 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used waterhorse; waterhorse fish; water hoss

Bibliographic Details
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1972
Subjects:
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/74139
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/74139 2023-12-31T10:18:22+01:00 water-horse 1972/06/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/74139 eng eng W Ronald G. Noseworthy, 65-9Ms Fortune Bay area References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14492 W_14492_water-horse n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/74139 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript 1972 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:25Z water-horse n meaning large bulks of fish that has [sic] been salted and when brought to shore was wahsed to rid it of salt. Usually a common sight in the days of the local banking fleet. JH 6/72 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used waterhorse; waterhorse fish; water hoss Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
water-horse
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description water-horse n meaning large bulks of fish that has [sic] been salted and when brought to shore was wahsed to rid it of salt. Usually a common sight in the days of the local banking fleet. JH 6/72 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used waterhorse; waterhorse fish; water hoss
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title water-horse
title_short water-horse
title_full water-horse
title_fullStr water-horse
title_full_unstemmed water-horse
title_sort water-horse
publishDate 1972
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/74139
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation W
Ronald G. Noseworthy, 65-9Ms
Fortune Bay area
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14492
W_14492_water-horse n
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